2020-02-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                              11 FEBRUARY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER



                                                                                  Working with Council ICT Branch in
                                                                                    developing electronic application
                                                                                    processes    and     new   request
                                                                                    management system for planning
                                                                                    enquiries/complaints


Building and Plumbing
Legislative Review                Delivery of         new legislative           Continue to develop and provide             Ongoing - Continue to provide
                                    information meetings for plumbing               educational material and advice to            information sessions and industry
                                    contractors, consultants and building           the public and industry on legislative        meetings throughout the year.
                                    certifiers                                      changes
Business as Usual activities      New 10 day timeframes are                     Continue to promote Council’s               Implement agreed changes of
                                    challenging for plumbing approvals.             obligation in reporting and recording         processes to ensure Councils record
                                    Continuing to undertake process                 legislative compliance obligations for        management systems and the
                                    improvements to achieve legislative             external and internal customers.              Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
                                    timeframes.                                   Develop       standard    compliance          record management systems interact
                                  Maintaining resourcing commitments              processes within the Branch including         in   the    collection   of    record
                                    for the delivery of front counter               staff        compliance       training        management by both parties.
                                    customer        service,      complaint         requirements
                                    management          and      legislative
                                    compliance obligations in meeting set
                                    budgetary approvals.
                                  Maintaining legislative time frames
                                    for the delivery of Council services for
                                    field inspections and plumbing and
                                    building application management.
                                  Hosted meeting with the Australian
                                    Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
                                  Delivery of monthly reporting to
                                    Treasury Qld State Government and
                                    Australian Bureau of Statistics
                                    timeframes on track




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